Oral History / Katsoulianika

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submitted by Kiriaki Orfanos on 20.12.2011

Mary Sofios' Story

Mary Sofios' Story
by Kiriaki Orfanos

Mary Simos-Sofios, nee Patrikiou was born on the 14/12/37, in Kythera. Her only sister, Dimitra, was born in 1946. Mary married Leo Simos in 1956 and they immigrated to Australia in 1957 living first in Wollongong and then in Sydney. They had two children, Andrew and Irene. Leo died in 1966 and Mary married Nick Sofios in 1971. They have one daughter, Christine.



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